OSX.Loosemaque: It’s Not Just a Game Anymore | Symantec Connect

[Rick Squires]

Take a look at this.  Very scary.

What they don't say is how it's done and whether their prduct stops it...

Rick

http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/osxloosemaque-it-s-not-just-game-anymore

[Drew Reece]

Why is it scary? It doesn't propagate automatically like a virus, it's just a game with strangely real consequences. It's a trojan so just don't install & run everything you find. Anyone can write a simple application that would wipe out a users home folder, how is this any different? 

You would need to be pretty stupid to miss the warning that it will delete your files when it launches.

I would anticipate this ending up in the 10.6 malware list that Apple added to Snow Leopard.

Re:co

[Peter Morris]

The same story written from a different viewpoint
<http://www.macworld.com/article/143649/2009/11/loselose.html>. It's why I
still read from lots of different sources.

Regards,

Pete